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gordianot

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3. I tend to think of WWI as a family feud gone horribly wrong among first cousins.

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Original post)

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 01:33 PM

Mar 2014

They were so closely inbred marriage was no longer possible due to genetic defects from centuries of in breeding.

About the only accomplishment of WWI it got rid of a really dysfunctional family.

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World War One Explained as a Bar Fight [View all] Kelvin Mace Mar 2014 OP

LOL! rug Mar 2014 #1

All because Gavrilo Princip stumbled ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2014 #4

Great stuff. K&R Whisp Mar 2014 #2

I tend to think of WWI as a family feud gone horribly wrong among first cousins. gordianot Mar 2014 #3

Didn't I hear on DU that WWI was over oil and fracking? FSogol Mar 2014 #5

and just like the War of the Roses whistler162 Mar 2014 #7

Okay this is hilarious. Sheldon Cooper Mar 2014 #6

One thing was missed: Whisp Mar 2014 #8

And we did that in the run up Kelvin Mace Mar 2014 #9